Combined seat and luggage-carrier for bicycles.



No. 843,094. PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907. J. PATBRSON'& G. K. PASLEY. COMBINEDSEAT AND LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR ABIOYGLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24,1905.

UNITED STATES ATNT FTQE.

JAMES PATERSON AND GILBERT KENNEDY PASLEY, OF GISBORNE, NEW ZEALAND.

CQIVIBINED SEAT AND LUGGAGE-CARRIER FOR BICYCLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed April 24. 1905. Serial No. 257.257.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J AMES PATERSON and GILBERT KENNEDY PASLEY,subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing at Gisborne, in theColony of New Zealand, have invented a new and useful Combined Seat andLuggage-Carrier for Use with Bicycles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a combined childs seat and luggage-carrier foruse with bicycles, and has for its object to provide a simple andeffective device which can be attacl? ed to and detached from a bicyclewith facility.

According to the invention we construct our improved seat and carrier ofa seat proper of any suitable material-such as wood, woven wire, ormetaland the shape of which is somewhat similar to that of a childschair having recesses to receive the legs. To this seat are looselyattached arm-rests or rails of steel or other wire, the said arm-restsbeing hinged to uprights having hooked ends, so that they can besuspended to the handlebar of the bicycle, the lower ends of the saiduprights being provided with means, such as nuts, by which the point ofconnection to the seat can be adjusted to suit requirements. The seat isalso provided on its under side with clips or the like for retaining thearmrests close to the seat when the device is to be used as a seat for achild. To the front of the seat is hinged a looped device which whenturned down serves as a foot-rest for the occupier of the seat and whenturned upward as a front guard for the parcels or the like placed uponthe seat. Beneath the seat we advantageously attach one or more wiresprings, the free ends of which abut against the pedestal or fork of thebicycle.

To enable the invention to be fully understood, we will describe it byreference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view illustrating our device attached to a bicycle andadapted for use as a childs seat and Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1,showing the device arranged for use as a luggage-carrier. Fig. 3 is adetail view illustrating the catch for retaining the arms in operativeposition.

a represents the seat, which is here shown of wood, although it can beof other suitable material, as above described, and is recessed at a atthe rear part to receive the steeringhead of the bicycle.

b 1) represent the uprights, to the lower ends of which the seat issuspended, say, through the medium of nuts which engage thescrew-tlnreaded lower ends of the said uprights.

0 c are the hooks, which are formedupon the upper ends of the uprights band which are designed to fit over the handle-bar A of the bicycle, asshown.

d cl are the arm-rests, each of which is made of a length of wire bentto form three sides of a rectangle, the two free ends being looselyconnected to the corresponding upright b, so that they can turn upon thesaid upright as a hinge.

WVhen the arms are turned inward to serve as arm-rests for the occupantof the seat, they engage lateral notches e e in the said seat a and areretained therein by means of catches placed beneath the seat a and oneof which is indicated at One of these catches is shown in detail in Fig.3, and it consists of a piece of spring metal secured to the bottom ofthe seat a and having a locking-notch to engage the bottom bar of thearm-rest d.

g g are two loops forming the two footrests, which are made from asingle length of wire hinged at h h h of the seat a in front of tworecesses 'L i, which are formed therein to receive the legs of the childoccupying the seat.

As above described, Fig. 1 shows the device for use as a seat for achild. When it is to be used as a carrier, the looped wire 9 g is turnedupward into the position shown in Fig. 2, so as to form a front guardfor holding the luggage in place upon the seat. By releasing the catchesf the arms (1 d can be turned outward upon the uprights b I), thuspermitting of the expansion of the device to take luggage of largerwidth than that of the seat.

3' j are two springs which are attached beneath the seat a. Thesesprings are formed froma single piece of wire made with a fork is at itslower end for engaging with the lower part of the steering-head of thebicycle.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our saidinvention and in What maimer the same is to be performed, We declarethat What We claim is 1. A combined childs seat and luggagecarrier,comprising among its members, a seat portion, means for supporting itfrom the bicycle, an arm portion at each side of the seat hingedadjacent to the rear of the seat and means for locking said arm portionsin operative position, substantially as described.

2. A combined childs seat and luggagecarrier, comprising among itsmembers, a seat portion, uprights at the rear of the seat portionconstructed to engage the handlebar, lateral arm portions hinged to saiduprights and catches adjacent to the front end of said seat portion forlocking the arm portions in operative position, substantially asdescribed.

3. A combined ohilds seat and luggagecarrier, comprising among itsmembers a seat portion, uprights at the rear of the seat portionconstructed to engage the handlebar, lateral arm portions hinged to saiduprights, catches adjacent to the front end of the seat portion forlocking the arm portions in operative position and a foot-rest hinged tothe front portion of the seat, substantially as described.

4. A combined childs seat and luggage carrier comprising among itsmembers, a seat recessed at its rear end to fit the steeringpost of abicycle, upright supports secured to the rear part of the seat andterminatin in hooks to engage the handle-bars, latera arm portionshinged to said uprights, catches secured to the seat adjacent to itsfront end for locking the hinged arms in operative position, a hingedfoot-rest secured to the front of the seat, and a spring-support securedto the front portion of the seat andv having a forked portion forengaging the steering-post, substantially as described.

JAMES PATERSON. GILBERT KENNEDY PASLEY.

Witnesses:

WV. SIEVWRIGHT. OrrAs. BUSGKE. W. MUIR.

